We performed a comparison between Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and ObserveIT based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Fortinet and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."The integration with Active Directory is the most valuable feature for us."
"The RADIUS Server holds the most value."
"The best feature of the Cisco ISE platform is that it is compatible with Microsoft products."
"It provides client provisions and profiling as well as guest access."
"Our clients like Cisco ISE because they already use various Cisco solutions. It's easy for them to use this solution because they have an engineer with Cisco certifications."
"Not having to trust devices and being able to set those levels of trust and more finely control our network is a benefit."
"Easy to use and provides good support"
"I really enjoy the live log section. Sometimes, you will have someone who is having issues connecting to the network, and then you have to ask them the dreaded question of, "Did you type a password wrong?" They will probably tell you, "No," but the live log can help sort that out. It gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy."
"ObserveIT is small, easy to use, easy to deploy, and is not complicated, so it's more generally suited for only SMBs. It's a good value with a cheaper price."
"There are still some bugs in ISE that need to be worked out."
"Cisco ISE is complex. The deployment and design of networks with it is so complex. If it could change it would be better."
"One of the issues that we used to have was with profiling because we're working with a service provider that uses a lot of bring your own devices."
"Cisco could improve the GUIs on their hardware."
"The solution can lag somewhat as we have a large database."
"The user interface can be improved."
"ISE is a little clunky. The front-end feels like it is from the 1980s."
"Sometimes some of Cisco ISE's graphical interfaces could be a little bit smoother. However, with the different versions, the product is getting better and better."
"ObserveIT is not scalable and it's not for the medium to large corporations. It's for the smaller environments. For the larger corporations, we have other scalable solutions."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Network Access Control (NAC) with 138 reviews while ObserveIT is ranked 2nd in User Activity Monitoring. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while ObserveIT is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ObserveIT writes "Easy to implement and configure. Ticketing and incident workflow can be improved. ". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, whereas ObserveIT is most compared with Teramind, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Ekran System, Splunk User Behavior Analytics and Veriato.
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